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The song Tom Petty wrote to make Jeff Lynne laugh
Posted on 9/2/23 at 4:39 am
Posted on 9/2/23 at 4:39 am
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... “Lynne and I were sitting around with the idea of writing a song, and I was playing the keyboard, and I just happened to hit on that main riff, the intro of the song, and I think Jeff said something like, ‘That’s a really good riff but there’s one chord too many’,” he says, “So I think I cut it back a chord and then, really just to amuse Jeff, honestly, I just sang that first verse. Then he starts laughing. Honestly, I thought I was just amusing Jeff, but then I got to the chorus of the song, and he leaned over to me and said the word, ‘freefalling’”...
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... “Lynne and I were sitting around with the idea of writing a song, and I was playing the keyboard, and I just happened to hit on that main riff, the intro of the song, and I think Jeff said something like, ‘That’s a really good riff but there’s one chord too many’,” he says, “So I think I cut it back a chord and then, really just to amuse Jeff, honestly, I just sang that first verse. Then he starts laughing. Honestly, I thought I was just amusing Jeff, but then I got to the chorus of the song, and he leaned over to me and said the word, ‘freefalling’”...
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Posted on 9/2/23 at 5:06 am to SeaCay
As much as I love the Traveling Wilbury's.... Wrong board ![](https://images.tigerdroppings.com/Images/Icons/Iconbird.gif)
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Posted on 9/2/23 at 5:17 am to SeaCay
That was an interesting read, and a lot of other nice stories as well by keeping on scrolling. Thanks for posting.
Posted on 9/2/23 at 5:55 am to SeaCay
Yeah cool story. Love me some Tom Petty.
There, that’s my one nice thing about Florida after shitting on them the past couple days![](https://images.tigerdroppings.com/Images/Icons/IconLOL.gif)
There, that’s my one nice thing about Florida after shitting on them the past couple days
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This post was edited on 9/2/23 at 5:56 am
Posted on 9/2/23 at 7:26 am to SeaCay
I love hearing stories about meth heads writing songs
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